Former colleagues, allies—and even one foe—of Kamala Harris are all urging the former prosecutor to follow one rule on Tuesday if she wants to nail Donald Trump: Stick to your arguments, but make no rebuttals.
When she and Trump take the stage in Philadelphia Tuesday night for their 90-minute make-or-break showdown just 56 days out from Election Day, they say Harris should simply let Trump’s Trumpisms fall away and melt.
“Trump will say things that are not true,” a Harris ally familiar with her style told the Daily Beast. “She should not respond to those things. She should stay on the game plan she has.”